Where does “струпей” come from?

струпей (Bulgarian) comes from Russian струп, from Old East Slavic струпъ, from Proto-Slavic strupъ, from Proto-Indo-European sr(o)up-.

струпей (Bulgarian): slough, layer of scab

Definitions

  1. slough, layer of scab

Ancestry of “струпей”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianструпscab
2Old East Slavicструпъ—
3Proto-Slavicstrupъscab
4Proto-Indo-Europeansr(o)up-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr(o)up- →Every word from Proto-Slavic strupъ →Every word from Old East Slavic струпъ →